They lowered the water level below the bottom of the emergency “spillway”
On their website they said they wanted to draw it down 50’ before the next system. At the rate they were going they would have it down by 16 feet by Weds. morning when the new rains come. If I lived there I would stay away. Or - drive back home and load up more stuff and head back out if I could do it all in the next 14 hours. Better safe than sorry.
Sounds like a bad movie. Build the suspense, flee and all the chaos that ensues, then breathe a sigh of relief as they get the all clear to head back home. As they are smiling and driving back home, opening up there doors, meeting neighbors, etc. Interspersed with camera views of the rain, the water rising again, and an underwater camera views of bubbles rising from the spillway, soils washing out, etc.
I wouldn’t trust these experts, but I sure hope that they are right and that disaster has been averted.